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  • Poverty in Education Across the UK

    A Comparative Analysis of Policy and Place

    by David Egan, Kevin Lowden, Stuart Hall, Stephen Mckinney, Erik Cownie, Ruth Leitch ...
    Nuanced interconnections of poverty and educational attainment around the UK are surveyed in this unique analysis.Across the four jurisdictions of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, experts consider the impact of curriculum reforms and devolved policy making on the lives of children and young people in poverty. They investigate differences in educational ideologies and structures, and ... Read more

    $41.39 USD

  • Creating the Curriculum

    by Dominic Wyse, Vivienne Baumfield, David Egan, Louise Hayward, Moira Hulme, Ian Menter, Carmel Gallagher, Ruth Leitch, Kay Livingston, Bob Lingard ...
    Series series Understanding Primary Education Series
    Is there an ‘ideal’ primary school curriculum?Who should decide what the curriculum is?Should teachers have autonomy over how they teach?The curriculum is the heart of what teachers teach and learners learn: effective teaching is only possible with an effective curriculum. Yet in spite of its importance, there has been a crisis in curriculum that has been caused in large part by governments ... Read more

    $52.99 USD

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  • Learning First, Technology Second

    The Educator's Guide to Designing Authentic Lessons

    by Liz Kolb ...
    Learning with technology doesn’t happen because a specific tool “revolutionizes” education. It happens when proven teaching strategies intersect with technology tools, and yet it’s not uncommon for teachers to use a tool because it’s “fun” or because the developer promises it will help students learn.Learning First, Technology Second offers teachers the professional learning they need to move from ... Read more

    $17.95 USD

  • I Don't Get It

    Helping Students Understand What They Read

    by Judy Tilton Brunner ...
    Literacy continues to be a hot topic for educators and parents. I Don't Get It! Helping Students Understand What They Read is a practical, easy-to-use resource for classroom teachers and literacy coaches. Parents will also find the information helpful as they assist their children with homework and support for reading comprehension.This book will help to improve student literacy by offering a ... Read more

    $28.39 USD

  • The School and Society and The Child and the Curriculum

    by John Dewey ...
    This edition brings Dewey's educational theory into sharp focus, framing his two classic works by frank assessments, past and present, of the practical applications of Dewey's ideas. In addition to a substantial introduction in which Philip W. Jackson explains why more of Dewey's ideas haven't been put into practice, this edition restores a "lost" chapter, dropped from the book by Dewey in 1915. ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Teaching Mathematical Thinking

    Tasks and Questions to Strengthen Practices and Processes

    by Marian Small ...
    This new resource by math education expert Marian Small helps schools and districts to refine their teaching of standards-based mathematical practices. Small devotes a chapter to each of the eight standards of practice and includes a discussion of what each standard looks like in grades K–2, 3–5, and 6–8. Specific attention is given to helping students make sense of problems and persevere in ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • Early Elementary Children Moving and Learning

    A Physical Education Curriculum

    by Rae Pica ...
    More than 100 movement activities for early elementary childrenPhysical education is a critical part of every early childhood curriculum. Children need to move to channel their energies in creative, beneficial ways and to learn habits for lifelong health and fitness. Early Elementary Children Moving & Learning provides more than 100 developmentally appropriate activities that contribute to a well ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • The New Balanced Literacy School

    Implementing Common Core

    by Margaret Mary Policastro, Becky McTague ...
    Series series Maupin House
    Create a new approach to balanced literacy grounded in research-based best practices. This book infuses best practices of the new balanced literacy model through the lens of Common Core, with support on read-alouds, guided reading, language and literacy centers, word walls to language walls, independent reading and writing, and classroom libraries. It also provides the "how" for novice and veteran ... Read more

    $8.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Word Power

    Activities for Years 3 and 4

    by Terry Saunders ...
    These engaging activities focus upon the word level strand of the literacy stategy, in particular the vocabulary extention element. ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • The Really Useful Maths Book

    A guide to interactive teaching

    by Tony Brown, Henry Liebling ...
    Series series The Really Useful
    The Really Useful Maths Book is for all those who want children to enjoy the challenge of learning mathematics. With suggestions about the best ways to use resources and equipment to support learning, it describes in detail how to make learning the easy option for children. An easy-to-follow, comprehensive guide packed with ideas and activities, it is the perfect tool to help teachers who wish to ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • Gamify Your Classroom

    A Field Guide to Game-Based Learning

    by Matthew Farber ...
    Series Book 71 - New Literacies and Digital Epistemologies
    This book is a field guide on how to implement game-based learning and «gamification» techniques to the everyday teaching. It is a survey of best practices aggregated from interviews with experts in the field, including: James Paul Gee (Author, What Video Games Have to Teach Us about Learning and Literacy); Henry Jenkins (Provost Professor at University of Southern California); Katie Salen ... Read more

    $42.09 USD

  • Serious Play

    Literacy, Learning and Digital Games

    Edited by Catherine Beavis, Michael Dezuanni, Joanne O'Mara ...
    Series series Digital Games, Simulations, and Play in Learning
    Serious Play is a comprehensive account of the possibilities and challenges of teaching and learning with digital games in primary and secondary schools. Based on an original research project, the book explores digital games’ capacity to engage and challenge, present complex representations and experiences, foster collaborative and deep learning and enable curricula that connect with young people ... Read more

    $54.99 USD